HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2983        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1191

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_________________

PRESENTED BY:

Brandy Fluker Oakley

_________________

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relating to hospital bad debts, claims denials and prompt payments.

_______________

PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Brandy Fluker Oakley

12th Suffolk

1/19/2023

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

1/20/2023

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/16/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2983        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1191

By Representative Fluker Oakley of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1191) of Brandy Fluker Oakley, Bud L. Williams and Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to hospital bad debt claims denials and prompt payments collected by the Center for Health Information and Analysis.  Health Care Financing.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

_______________

In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

_______________

 

An Act relating to hospital bad debts, claims denials and prompt payments.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Section 8(a) of Chapter 12C of the General Laws is amended by adding the following sentence after the first sentence thereof:

The center shall collect from each hospital its annual bad debt in total and broken down by the payer that insured the patient, including all commercial payers, government payers, and bad debt arising from services rendered to self-pay and uninsured patients; the claim denial rate by each commercial and government payer along with the annual dollar value of denied claims by payer; and an aged accounts receivable report by payer, and the center shall publish an annual report disclosing such data by hospital.